Match Results

Shufti Pro displays the degree of correlation between the end user's details and the entries in AML databases matched with it, indicating the relevance of how close a match was found during the verification process.

Field	Description
name_exact	Matched against the entity name exactly.
aka_exact	Matched against an entity AKA (also known as) entry exactly.
name_fuzzy	Matched closely to the name, but at least one word had an edit distance change.
aka_fuzzy	Matched closely to an AKA name, but at least one word had an edit distance change
phonetic_name	Matched against the entity name phonetically.
phonetic_aka	Matched against an entity AKA phonetically.
equivalent_name	Matched against the entity name with a synonym, e.g. "Robert Mugabe" => "Bob Mugabe"
equivalent_aka	Matched against an entity AKA with a synonym, e.g. "Robert Mugabe" => "Bob Mugabe"
unknown	Matched for a more complex reason, such as based on an acronym.
year_of_birth	Matched the birth year as given in filters, can be the exact year of +-1 year regarding the fuzziness and options.
removed_personal_title	A personal title, for example 'Mrs', was stripped from the search term.
removed_personal_suffix	A personal suffix, for example 'PhD', was stripped from the search term.
removed_organisation_prefix	An organization prefix, for example 'JSC', was stripped from the search term.
removed_organisation_suffix	An organization suffix, for example 'Ltd', was stripped from the search term.
removed_clerical_mark	A clerical mark, for example 'DECEASED', was stripped from the search term.